Guest v. Reynolds
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John G. Rogers, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
This was an action on the case, brought to the circuit court of Cook county, to recover damages for an alleged obstruc-' tion, by defendants, of the free use of the light and air passing laterally over the premises of defendants to plaintiff’s premises.
The declaration contains two counts, in substance, as follows : Plaintiff, after averring his residence on a particular lot, 73 South Sangamon street, in Chicago, in a house having doors, windows and views of the street, through which light, air and views had and ought to enter into the dwelling house, and the views should not have been…
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